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The Beloit-Turner School District is facing a lawsuit after a student was allegedly burned by soup served in a school cafeteria.

The family of the 8-year-old said her soup was served at an unsafe temperature.

According to the lawsuit filed in September, the incident happened Nov. 29, 2011, at Powers Elementary School.

The lawsuit alleges the hot soup was served by a cafeteria staffer and spilled on the student's arm after she was bumped by another student while carrying her lunch tray to a table.

Lawyers for the girl's family said the school didn't instruct students on how to carry the unsafe substance, and school employees were negligent in serving the soup at an unsafe temperature.

It's not clear how badly the girl in this case was burned but the suit claims the girl suffered and will suffer personal and bodily injuries, pain, humiliation, embarrassment, worry, permanent disability, health care expenses and other economic losses as a result of the school's negligence.

District Superintendent Dennis McCarthy said because the case is still pending, school district leaders are unable to comment on it.

Wow...and if it were cold they'd sue for not heating it up. People are so sue happy these days, it's sad. By 8 years old your child should KNOW how to carry something like that and I'm sure this isn't the first time this school has served soup.